Freehand kolam
A small freehand kolam with a square at the centre to start with. I needed to wind up the kolam with three layers because of vehicles passing by. I couldn't take a clear image of the kolam before.
A small freehand kolam with a square at the centre to start with. I needed to wind up the kolam with three layers because of vehicles passing by. I couldn't take a clear image of the kolam before the vehicle tyres made it's impression... I started with straight lines but continued with semi-circles.
Drawing straight lines make me cranky. I shouldn't say that, as drawing is a part of my Profession. Maybe I needed a drafter. Drawing a circle in freestyle isn't a challenge to me, vertical lines are the fire spitting dragons. I am getting bored of repeating the same lines filling my kolams. I don't plan for a freehand kolams as the first line or dot decides the genre of kolam. The same goes here. For sure freehand never ever gets imprinted as a raw version on paper, except two or three which, I have given a conceptual refinement.
This was drawn at my inlaw's home. A small village just 5 kms away from Malaikottai. The mornings are always pleasant with the sounds of nature... The sprinkling of water on the entrance to draw kolams, the farm cattles' chitter-chatter, the bell sound from the nearby Sivan temple... The chicken lethargically crows at 8am that should early morning to him. Hope the evolution is still in process..As man no more needs a natural alarm to wake him up.

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